FDA Passes New Sunscreen Regulation
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced new standards for the labeling of sunscreen products in June. These new standard would require all sunscreen to include additional information on the packaging, stating whether is protected against ultraviolet A (UVA) or ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation, or both. Manufacturers would have one or two years from June 15, the date the regulations were announced, to comply. The new regulations posed a greater problem for the promotional products industry; even though many industry suppliers already make sunscreen that protects against UVA and UVB, the laws require displaying additional information on the packaging which takes up precious imprint area on promotional products.